stripling

Example Sentences

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After a quick consultation with his staff, the enchanter decides that this stripling is sufficiently pure of heart to inherit his powers.

From Los Angeles Times

HL Tau, a mere stripling of a star no more than 1 million years old, was swaddled in a surprise.

From Science Magazine

That means the Airbus jet, a relative stripling, is running neck and neck with the 737 for the largest final order count.

From Seattle Times

Mbappé’s age suggests he’s a boy, a young stripling with plenty to learn, but anyone who has watched him play will tell you he already looks like a man, in body and temperament.

From The Guardian

The format will be round-robin, and the hope is to have prize money in the neighborhood of $1.5 million—a fortune for tennis striplings.

From The New Yorker